ABZU
Fair · Strategy · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$4.9975% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $10.52/hr
- ReviewsS
- 93% of 27,733
- Critics
- 83 players 10 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 10% Strategy
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 1.9h
- To 100%
- 4h 2.1x the story
- Achievements
- 12
Price and sales
- Sales
- 95 on record
- Typical cut
- 65% off
- Steam low
- $4.99 May 2021
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 11 now
- Recent reviews
- 94% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 98% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
60% start to 5% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 95 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 65 percent, about 5 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $4.47. No recorded sale has reached it yet.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 10 percent. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Refunct ($2.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats Beyond Blue ($19.99, scores 55).
More about ABZU
The press gave it 83; the people who bought it give it 93 percent. A 10-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 10 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2021 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 86 percent of the 7,144 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 32 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 1.9 hours. Doing everything runs 4, 2.1 times as long.
At 1.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I am not usually a fan of underwater swimming games, so I went into it not really expecting it to be for me, but I ended up having a genuinely peaceful and relaxing time with it. The whole experience has a very calm, meditative quality to it. As someone who does not normally play games like this, I honestly think ABZÛ was a great introduction to the genre, at least for me.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Geforce GTX 750 / Radeon R7 260X, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
ABZU scores 59/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/384190/abzuReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.